Oh, yeah, I hear about it, but like I said it seems like a facetious question given that (I've read) that less than 1% of abortions are medical necessities. I don't understand why procedures to save the life of the mother are even considered abortion. What is happening is the response to a medical condition to save the mother's life, not a purposeful attempt to end the life of an unborn child.

Most pro-life people I know feel the way that I do. It isn't like CHristian Science where we want to leave the medical threats up to God and let both die. No one I know feels that way. I think even within that supposed 1% there are many that just don't take the time to try.

I don't understand why procedures to save the life of the mother are even considered abortion

again, like you said Baker, this is a very small % and isn't really the whole point here. When these teens go in to get an abortion none of these issues spoken of here come in to play. These girls are not getting abortions for the reasons cited. I agree with you wholeheartedly here... (hmmmm is that a first? ....lol) that 99% of all abortions don't have any life in view when they abort. It's not really about saving a life, but taking of one.

My mom had SEVERE Toxemia (pre-eclampsia of the 70's) and was strongly encouraged by her doctors to abort me. She was very, very ill and certainly could have died.

I've heard stories like this before with positive outcomes such as yours and I think it just goes to show that it's a chance we take to bring a life into the world and for many, it was worth it. I'm sure your mom thought so. I actually wrote a blog on this back awhile about a woman who was actually dying but it was a pregnancy that saved her life. Now that's something that doesn't get talked about much.

I also had Toxemia and they wanted to take my firstborn but I carried him to term. He was born on his due date with no help; completely natural....not even a tylenol. I can't even imagine what life would be like without this son. I believe God blessed me for making the right decision and I think of that often. He has been a blessing not only to me but countless others as I'm sure you have been.

Your mother made the right choice.

Thank you Texas Wahine for the info about using the quote function. I do not seem to have that quote feature on this particular format.

I would like to point out that ever since 1973, abortion has been a long battle of words and rhetoric. Our friendly discussion is a case in point. For example, parental notification laws cite the health of the woman, while in actuality they are dealing with not women, but minor age girls.

Notice too that all abortion laws refer to the "health" of the mother...and that word "health" is very intentional. Yet, if you read again through this thread what everyone was talking about is the "life" of the mother which could be a valid exception. Texas Wahine was astounded that I was unaware that "There ARE women who are faced with almost certain death if they carry a pregnancy to term". But that is not what I said.

I said that I've never once heard or read of an abortion that was a medical necessity for the "health" of the woman. It's just a little technicallity, but I'm trying to make a point how the pro-abort side is slick when it comes to such things.

This past election, we had a candidate running for governor claiming he was 100% pro-life. So when I checked with the local Right to LIfe group, I was told that he had checked off the Health exemption on the survey and they wouldn't endorse him. Come to find out, even he was unaware that the "Health" exemption is a ruse. The health exemption is the very same as abortion on demand....any time; for any reason. He approved of abortion in the cases of rape, incest and the "life" of the mother. But that's not what he checked off. Big difference.

From the beginning aboriton advocates have been very clever with words and phrases...this is all becasue they want to distract our minds from the gruesome reality of abortion. "Women's right to choose" they call it. I always ask, "Choose what?" Abortion is choosing ourselves to death. "Women's reproductive rights", is another one and I say, we can't reproduce something by killing it. They call the smallest stage of life that you and I were once at, a "clump of cells".

I don't know if abortion will be an issue with the presidential election or not. If it is we'll hear alot about keeping abortion 'safe, legal and rare." this has been the mantra ever since---it's none of those, it's not safe, it's not legal, and it's certainly not rare. Here in the US , 4,000 innocent babies are slaughtered daily, 6,000 on Saturdays....and some to minor age girls without their parents even knowing or giving permission. Until we address this, everything else pales in comparison. A nation that kills its own progeny is doomed...and yes, KFC, it's all about the money trail.